
Creamy Pasta Sauce
Vivo Life
Category
Sauce
Cuisine
General
Servings
2
Prep Time
4 minutes
Cook Time
0 minutes
Calories
322
A creamy and flavorful pasta sauce made with cashews and nutritional yeast.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 garlic clove
- juice of half a lemon
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp mustard
- black pepper, to taste
- pinch of salt
- 80g spaghetti pasta
- 1 cup peas
Directions
- Cook the pasta for required amount of time
- Once cooked, drain the pasta whilst saving 1 cup of pasta water for the sauce. Leave the pasta in the saucepan
- To make the sauce, place all the ingredients required with 1/2 cup of the pasta water you saved in a blender and blend till completely smooth. If it's too thick and you want it thinner, add more pasta water gradually
- Combine the sauce together with the pasta in the pan adding in the peas with a little more salt and black pepper if desired
- Serve in a bowl and enjoy! TIP: You can soak the cashews prior to give the sauce a creamier, smoother texture.
Nutrition
Calories 322, Carbs 18.50 grams, Protein 22.90 grams, Fat 17.60 grams